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The Next KARATE KID Is …
I am – Hercules!!
Will Smith’s son Jaden will pose like a crane, taking over the Ralph Macchio role in Sony’s remake of “The Karate Kid.”
The remake, written by somebody named Chris Murphy, will be set in Beijing.
Can Macchio ("Ugly Betty") be lured back to play Mr. Miyagi?
Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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weak
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and now 2nd
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lame.
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You know it makes sense.
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Why does Hollywood feel the need to make every remake character black? or make them a woman or change the Character at all?
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Why?
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I called it.
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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!
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will probably be either Jet Li or Jackie Chan , you wait and see!( or that guy from Heroes in old man makeup...)
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I honestly don't get it. There isn't anything artistic about the movie business anymore. People are just out for a buck and we're the suckers. Can we please have a fucking original story already? I mean for fuck's sake, fake it if you have to. At least bullshit us? Someone please tell these assholes that they're not any good at their jobs, because the douche nozzles running the town haven't got the message yet.
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I can't believe it.
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He could take the rushhour formula and replace Tucker with jaden and keep Jackie Chan but make him bald. Even have a "Are you understanding the Crane-kick techniques comin outta my mpooooouf?" , and You've got Blockbusta GOLD...A great big-ol'steamin pile of it that is.
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jeesh lol.
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It was called "Never Back Down," and it was WAY better than Baby Smith's movie could ever HOPE to be. At least people got their butts kicked in the film.Why are they wasting money, time and film on Will Smith's talentless offspring? It's not like there's any demand to have this kid in any movies. I guess Jaden Smith's this year's "Little Miss Shia LaBeouf."
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My only question is why? The original was a fun little movie, but do they need to remake it? no not at all. Hollywood take a chance on something orginal why don't you.
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This is probably gonna be more 3 Ninjas than Karate Kid.
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I tend to have a lot more respect for those stars who shelter their kids from the business. Those people always seem a lot more grounded to me. The Smith clan just gives me the creeps. They seem pretty dazzled by their own sparkle, in a Tom Cruise-y kind of way.
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The kid can't act. Also, as evidenced from his Oscar appearance - he can't read either.
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Nov 11, 2008 12:04:58 AM CST
I thougt it was "Karate KID", not "Katate INFANT"
by nasty in the pasty
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And Unfortunate. Seriously, who didn't know Karate Kid would be back?
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as the bully and sensai again. and ralph machio should play the president.
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all those remakes are just overwhelming, enough already!
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to murder the guy that came up with this shit. Then destroy any and all evidence he or his crappy remake ideas ever existed.
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PAINT FENCE! A-YAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
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Or Over The Top?
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Legion of Super-Heroes version...
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Are you in?
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with this bullshit.
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I agree, Jaden Smith...WAY TO YOUNG! So they're not kneeling to the KK purists, who love the original for the fun 80s movie that it was. They change his age (He's Only 10?) and what, the plot is going to be... "A mother and her young son move from Middle America to the inner city after she loses her job at the . They live in a one bedroom apartment when on his first day of school he meets the neighborhood bullies. They chase him, take his lunch money, and chaos ensues. UNTIL, elderly man from Okinawa goes Kung Fu on their little underage asses. The boy learns this Kung Fu and saves the neighborhood from these young gangstas at the end when he beats them at the local Boys and Girls Club annual Karate Championship."... Yeah, keep pandering to the idiots who are screaming for this remake. God, when is Batman 3 coming out again?
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No.....DAMMIT!
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someone had to do it
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In my outrage of the proposed lead, I failed to read WHERE the film is taking place. So, just insert "Beijing" into my plot synopsis somewhere.
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That is all.
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Pretty much.
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Seriously Get Macchio To Play Sensei
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nothings gonna ever keep you down!!!
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Why remake this when a sequel could be made without raping anyone's childhood?
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Nov 11, 2008 12:28:35 AM CST
This brings hte Smith family shameless meter up to 10
by industrykiller!
Along with the Oldboy remake that daddy is making. Does anyone else remember when Smith denied this story? I do. My God the nepotism in this town is pathetic.
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so freaking lame...good grief.
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hell yeah!!
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Not going anywhere near this
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Get 'em a body bag!
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Cool summer rocks! Will there be a beach soccer scene with motor bikes and ipods?
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big yawn of an announcement...
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another brat to be shoved down our throats
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I thought he was going to play his father's love interest in that.
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by several weeks. And they are a comedy site.
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I remember discussing Smith as Karate Kid elsewhere.
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...is Jada playing his mother? I bet this Chris Murphy guy is some relative or friend of the family.
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The plot of a kid being taught karate is pretty basic and you could easily use it for a film and not call it "karate kid".
so there only reason for using the karate kid name is the hope of drawing in fans of the previous films. But surely this new film will be aimed at tweens? The audience that certainly won't remember the originals.
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David Keith as the Kobra Kai leader and Keith David as Daniel-san's dad! And Lindsay Lohag's girlfriend Samantha Ronson as the love interest. Please make this film Hollywoodland!
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As I was saying it doesn't have to be a remake at all. It could just be a new series of sequels using the franchise name. That way it doesn't have to interfere with the original.
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WTF is up with this US notion of no distinction within asia? (Saiyuri being a perfect example where a bunch of Chinese actors were playing Japanese people). Karate is Japanese, not Chinese.
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It's Miyagi, not Mayagi.
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Way to exploit your kids, Will! You can never have enough money, right?
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Just saying...you can pick up all three movies from your local dvd supplier pretty cheap, if you are a nda and don't already own this classic little trilogy. Let's pop em in our players now in protest and enjoy Danielsan kicking ass and kissing The Shue.
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lol...I don't even know what that means. Was trying to type "NAD" but got leg sweeped.
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even I think this is a fucking terrible idea
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I was never a huge fan of the first Karate Kid until I saw part 3 and the DOZENS of movies that tried to make a simular film that did not even come close.
Karate Kid had great drama, great romance, great suspense, great terror and a great relationship between characters plus a great sound track. It will be hard to replicate that if they are doing a remake, even if Speilberg himself was involved.
They could pull of a great sequel. They need to bring Ralph Machio back since he has charisma for this sort of film and he would bring in all the people who watched Karate Kid at the movies and on TV growing up. He is know old enough to be the Karate Master. -
The dude was 23 when he made KARATE KID damnit.
Hilary Swank was 20 when THE NEXT KARATE KID came out.
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So are they going to call this "The Kung Fu Kid"?
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i dont get why everyone is treating wil smiths kids like theyre some kind of national treasure...no guarantee of acting chops like wil...but just like every overly proud parent hes big on his kid, difference is he dragged these poor kids out everywhere he goes...theyre gonna be the most stuck up, self entitled, media whores, when they grow up........as for this movie, doesnt need to be updated..i think its been worn thin...and hillary swank killed the franchise...they should just get the kid from forbidden kingdom and sky high to be the next karate kid, hes more believable
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...that a human being whose only reason for existing is to proof his daddy is not gay gets something nice to do, like act in movies. Hollywood is like the Make a Wish foundation.
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Co - sign on the boondock live action... But can't see if happening cos Jayden might have to actually act like... GASP... a n*gga!
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I hope this movie flops.
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SPITTING ON MORITA'S GRAVE! Boycott this abomination, and boycott Will Smith, you fucking Scientologist freak!
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Michael Bay Produces; Ratner Directs.
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Months and months ago this was announced. I hate to do the usual "aint it old news" post, but people say it because its fucking TRUE
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And some of you "Congratulations, Jaden!" folks are CREEPY. It's kinda stalky, need-to-keep-a-sign-in-your-yard weird.
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they make money. If people stopped seeing them I guarantee you, they'd stop making them. However as most people are sheep and do what the media tells them ie this film is amazing!!!!, then I don't see anything changing soon.
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teaching Miyagi-do to a teenage Okinawan. That I'd pay to see (and the fact that Ralph never trained in the martial arts). Or would it be more amusing if he did actually train and get fit this time?
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(and the fact that Ralph never trained in the martial arts makes it an even sillier concept) I shouldn't type late at night.
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Why remake this film at all? Its not like the original was an endearing classic screaming to be seen again. Its just a sign of how insecure hollywood is with making original content.
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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what a terrible idea.
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Just release karate kid again in the cinema.
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Haven' my son at; where am I at?
Toilet, Will. You are in the toilet. There is no "at"; just toilet. -
Haven' my son at; where am I at?
Toilet, Will. You are in the toilet. There is no "at"; just toilet. -
It's whatever. rhryme sucks.
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With Daniel-San as Sensei
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"Oh, HECK no!"
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just use him and have Danny Devito made up to look like the old dude!
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I HEARD THIS SHIT 2 OR 3 MONTHS AGO!!!!!!!
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I HEARD THIS SHIT 2 OR 3 MONTHS AGO!!!!!!!
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That is all.
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Don't give a fucking shit; it was bound to happen anyway. They could have just made a damn sequel and not a remake. A good amount of people still know about these movies. And hell, they made a sequel with Hilliary Swank in it for fuck's sake, why can't they do the same here.
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Nov 11, 2008 6:05:37 AM CST
Isn't Karate a bit yesterday? How about The Muay Thai Kid?
by mr nicholas
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Sheeze. I want to barf just hearing how a Japanese martial art is being migrated to China. Ugh.
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Will Smith as the Shogun of Harlem...Sho'nuff!!! Where's Vanity????
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Damn You Michael Bay
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Hollywood just luuuuuves to piss the Japanese off! (for the record I couldn't care less)
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are serious tools.....seriously. you guys should start your own website
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i sincerely don't think hollywood knows how to make a teen movie thats rated pg. oh and if someone age appropriate got the part....it would be zac efron...so i like actually like this better.
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There is absolutely no fucking way to improve on the originals, there are no outdated special effects to update, there is nothing more to be done, there is NO REASON to remake it. If nothing else, who in the world do they think will replace Pat Morita? The man absolutely owned the character, it's what he was known for. Daniel is easily replaceable, but Mr Miyagi? No fucking way.
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Tank is yo' masta ! * I'm a loser, kids. *
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Racist filth.
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Aw - HELL, NO !!!!!!!!
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Pompous ass.
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Do they actually fuckin' know that karate is a JAPANESE martial art. They should name it Kung fu kid, for fuck's sake. Unless they get Stephen Chow, Ti Lung or David Chiang to play the sifu, or Sonny Chiba or Hiroyuki Sanada to play the sensei, they can fuck off!
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" OUCCCCHHHH - Hell , no . "
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Jayden Smith ... must be good to be a big star's son
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Yo, I'mma gonna kick 'yo ass, boy !
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usually we only see movies about a young black basketball player or a rapper. can black people even do karate, and why even do a remake when movies like die hard 4, indy 4 and rambo have proven that a sequel over a remake can please most fans and be way more financially successful then a retelling of the story with jazzy new effects and a cast of disney rejects
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We hold control over everything - including the SOUL of this franchise.
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That's whack.
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Now were getting "jiggy with it!"
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Because he sucks.
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Because it is.
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So I am guessing the movie will take place in an inner-city with maybe a cameo by a rapper or two? The new Karate Kid takes on inner city thugs but gets caught up in a love triangle with some hot new young R&B singer actress? Let Ratner do this movie. These are the movies that he deserves!
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Pat Morita played Miyagi, he ded'd
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Shouldn't this be the Kung Fu Kid?!
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He pretty much owned those films. In fact, the second one was almost as good as the first because they realized he was the more interesting character. Also, the first one was enjoyably cheesy so the bar wasn't set too high.
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I could be wrong, but I thought this was the case. Also, it was only a matter of time before the Karate Kid was remade. It sounds like complete dog shit.
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*ahem*At least it isn't a remake of Shaolin Master Killer. Look at it that way.
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Nov 11, 2008 8:12:21 AM CST
You're the best...around...and no one's gonna ever keep ya down
by ray garraty #47
You're the best, around, and no one's ever gonna keep ya down...You're the best, around, and no one's ever gonna keep ya down...You're the best, around, and no one's ever gonna keep ya down...You're the best, around, and no one's ever gonna keep ya down...
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These types of movies aren't made to be good. Okay, I knew that. But what I realized is that they aren't really even made with aspirations of having a big box office return. They use the theatrical release essentially as advertising for the DVD release. They bank on the fact that parents will buy all of these crappy non-offensive films for their kids so that the TV set will continue to act as a 24/7 babysitter. Direct-to-DVD releases are all well and good for established Disney characters, but actual theatrical releases get more weight in the general populace's subconsciousness.
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Nov 11, 2008 8:24:47 AM CST
This Wasn't Supposed to Happen in an Obama Presidency!
by shut the fuck up donny
The man promised us CHANGE!
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...And the Mr. Miyagi Roll will be going to Jackie Chan. I am NOT kidding about this.
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Can black people do karate? Jim Kelly in Enter the Dragon and Black Jones. Ron Van Cleef, a 10th degree black belt in the 70s flick The Black Dragon. Steve James, co star of the American Ninja movies. Michael Jai White from Spawn and Universal Soldier 2.
Just like Chuck Norris.
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...I'll probably see it though, at some point. A black karate kid?...Obama's victory really has opened up more opportunities.
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THE KARATE KID. Why would I pay to go see a movie that was already made? Let me guess, he wins in the end.
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Oh sit Mr. Miyagi dis feel good yo!
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You're a god damn idiot... Plain and simple
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Nov 11, 2008 9:07:36 AM CST
Macchio still looks the same age as he was when he made the orig
by godmars
Why remake, just keep it going!
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fucking hollywood assholes
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The Karate Kid is not Jayden Smith's toy.
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I'm sure it'll have plenty of wire-fu, frenetic editing and some sort of cgi kamehameha/shoryuken finishing move.
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or maybe Bette Midler. That would be great, wouldn't it? And Nathan Lane can play the head of Cobra Kai dojo. Maybe throw Lorenzo Lamas in there somewhere. And Stephen J. Cannell. Boom! Instant classic.
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Sigh. Just go with it I guess...
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Oldboy twist ending? Can he fly that far away from wholesome family fun?
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...Surely, casting wise,Jaden is as good as any other choic no? I can see Jackie Chan in the "Miyagi" role as I'm asuming it'll be some form of Kung-Fu being set in China.
As for it being silly to "remake"it. Whilst I can't see the need personally Batman begins / Dark night Casino Royale They're essentially reboot / remakes and they are pretty well liked so maybe peoople will try seeing what something turns out like before they judge?
Oh, ha ha, silly me, it's an internet thing, we do do reason. Oh and we all hate Will Smith, for no reason too.
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I usually don't resort to vulagities, but this is how sick I am of this remake crap. This is the defininition of a classic. One of internet lists of "You grew up in the 80s if...." you know the meaning of wax on wax off. Once again Hollywood, fuck off.
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A Conan remake, a Conquest of the Planet of the apes remake, a WIll Smith OLDBOY remake, and now a Karate Kid Remake, set in China (!?) starring Will Smith's kid. Pathetic. Maybe you haters are right about hollywood.
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I grew up a young Black child wishing just like Michael Knight, Superman, Batman, The Duke Boys and so on and so on. There were NO Black superheroes for me to look up to. Now that I am about to have my own son I am ecstatic that the times have changed and we have a Black President and Will Smith AND hopefully his son and other Black young men to kick butt and save the day! I don't get it why are you so pissed?
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This movie is not even aimed at you. It is aimed at kids. LITTLE kids who do not care that it is a remake.
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Why don't you move to Alaska? F'ing biggot!
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Can we please stop with these fucking remakes, please? Please?! Leave these movies alone and come up with something original!!! What kind of fucking hack writers do you have working in that town of yours? Do any of them have an ounce of originality in their fucking bones? Jesus H fucking Christ. Yeah I'm annoyed, this is just stupid beyond belief.
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I'm glad this country has moved beyond color. We don't care about it. What we do care about it taking something that meant a lot to us, and trying to change it. They should just call it something else entirely.
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Or are we only allowed to totally miscast traditional white roles?
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Yo Hong, smell ya later...
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why is it taking place in beijing???????
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I miss going to the movies every week. I don't even remember the last time I left the theater thinking, "wow, that was a great movie."
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jaden smith is 10... daniel son is 16... granted ralph maccio was 37 playing a 16 year old, but he looked 16! wtf?!
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There's nothing about that role that requires any particular ethnicity.
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afro samurai...
morpheus..
hong kong phooey..
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George Tekai! Ohhh myyyyyyy
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Nov 11, 2008 10:19:12 AM CST
REDD: Right, because "Daniel Larusso" doesn't sound white at al
by spyguy
A remake implies they're keeping the characters the same, so how does a last name like "Larusso" sound like a good fit for Will Smith's kid?
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thats the question
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This kid is awful. Did they even audition other actors????
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He was around 23 at the time of the first one.
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Beyonce is gonna get tapped to play Myagi.
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You're funny. Have you ever heard of Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito? The half Black, half Italian actor (Homicide: Life on the Street); the character could be that (or they can just change the same).
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Nov 11, 2008 10:56:42 AM CST
You couldn't leae well enough alone, could ya, ya little twerp?
by atticus finch
Now you're going to pay.
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The best scene is when Myagi hands Johnny and friends their asses how he is crouching down and Daniel sees him looking like Spidey.
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Nov 11, 2008 10:58:37 AM CST
I just feel like I don't know enough karate, you know?
by atticus finch
Feeling correct.
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Nov 11, 2008 11:00:00 AM CST
REDD: So Daniel can be a half-black, half-Italian martial artis
by spyguy
Because that sounds absolutely believable.
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Will be new the title of movie
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Not that it wouldn't be right for Macchio to play a teacher now, but only if he'd be Daniel again and not Miyagi. If this is a full fledged remake, then Miyagi should be played by an actor who is Japanese American. I'm surprised there isn't more outrage about that kind of thing change too. At first the Smith casting surprised me, then I realized they want him to make sequels! Getting him at 10 is a smart move in that case. As for this perception of blacks taking over roles that were previously not black--all I can say is this is the result of Hollywood remaking things with name recognition and not breaking new ground. We've segregated our entertainment for a long time, and while I don't agree with changing the ethnicity of characters who are SUPPOSED to have a certain ethnicty, I'm not against changing characters who can be anybody. For example, it was important that Rocky was Italian American, while Rambo didn't have to be.
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Two twins gestating in their mothers womb, seperated by just a hint of fluid, but on the opposite side of the tracks, battle it out in a no-holds-barred rumble. Cast TBA.
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It's like talking to a brick wall, my work here is done!
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...expect to see a lot of this shit. Even Beyonce said that it's time for a black Wonder Woman. I know I'll catch mucho flack for my loathing of this intentional PC-ifying of everything, especially on an overwhelmingly liberal site like this (Vern called me a racist because I don't like Mos Def), but who cares. Don't get me wrong -- I am not against more black roles in Hollywood, in fact I am for it; I just don't want to see blacks in roles JUST for the sake of it. This remake is useless and pointless, and we all know it will suck. It just seems like an excuse to put a black kid in the role that was started by a white kid. If it was the other way around, it would be met with a lot of derision by the same kind of people that will accept this.
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...he's being cast cause he's Will Smith's son. Jeez!
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Nov 11, 2008 11:43:42 AM CST
JacksUserID: Ever thought some of us just think of them as kids
by col. tigh-fighter
Not black kids or white kids. Just kids. The 80's phoned. They'd like their views on race relations back. Maltheus nailed it. If Tom Cruises kids were the right age they would have got them to do it (gender aside)
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This outrage cannot stand.
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yeah........
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...exactly what I am talking about. Ponce.
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Why not. Karate Kid is great and all, but it's not like it's sacred ground or anything.
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Worst thing I've heard all day. GAY.
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OH ITS KIMSHEE.
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he does fight her at the end... its her first fight and she falls and breaks her neck on a stool
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I see that you aren't as enlightened as you think calling me a bigot ( and then spelling it wrong too!) Just because I don't like the Hollywood method of changing the characters race and /or sex in every damn remake or "reimagining" they come up with , doesn't make me a bigot. Like I said , if they had made Blade white would that be cool with you ? How about a remake of In the Heat of the Night , but Mr Tibbs will be played by a white guy who gets treated poorly by the local Black officials? Would that maybe irritate you a little bit ? I think we are justified in being aggravated that Hollywood feels the need to not only remake movies from our youth , but to do it with little or no interest in preserving the integrity of the original films . Telling me to move to Alaska only shows your own ignorance. But , something tells me by your demeanor , that's never been your strong suit anyway.
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When will we get My Cousin Vinny II?!?
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Aw hell nah.
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Since china is the home of Kung Fu, there is enough drama in watching a sifu teach a Japanese martial art to a kid in the heart and home land of Kung fu. A lot of potential in this. Might even be enough room for some observation about different cultures and their survival through the use of vuolence...
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Twisteroo!
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Goddammit. Enough already, Hollywood.
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....You come straight out of a comic book....
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I mean, the original took place in California, for fuck's sake.
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... As I grab the .45 in my drawer and empty it in the back a' my head.
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Hollywood = JOKE!!!!
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Chop him in the head!! Chop it up chop it up chop it up chop it up!!!!
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That's it. I won't gripe and yell.
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As long as you're going to fuck up a remake, might as well go all the way.
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It's called Rush Hour.
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But Karate...is Japanese.
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Nov 11, 2008 3:37:41 PM CST
Can you people stop turning every thread into a sequel diatribe?
by hereagain
It's tired. Stop beating a dead horse. Whenever this starts, I skip the discussion. You might as well curse the darkness. Waste of energy, and everybody's time.
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China is here, Mr. Burton.
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This must be a very loose remake.
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Forgot to mention that. The movie was basically remade into Never Back Down. The guy even looked like Ralph Macchio.
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..will Elizabeth Shue's wonderful boobage be in this one? Cause, honestly, after drunk Miyagi, and Ralph getting his ass beat continuously, what the hell else is in that movie worth watching outside of Elizabeth Shue's wonderfully delicious boobage?
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...especially if we get a Liz Shue boob-less remake.Oh yeah, Matrix is getting remade with Jayden Smith as well as Star Wars. Jayden Smith will play Vader in a fat suit. Also, Superman will be played by Jayden Smith. Probably the next Indiana Jones will be Jayden Smith.I use to make jokes about Will Smith until I saw him actually act...wonder how long it will take mini-Will?
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football team, with Will Smith's other son, Joe Montana's kid and Wayne Gretzky's son on the same team? I don't know how many kids Will Smith has, but there were shots of him in the stands with a kid who looks WAY too young to be the star of the Karate Kid. Please tell me he has at least three sons, b/c I heard from the ESPN thing that the high school-aged son is named Tre.
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fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck and burn in shit hell mutha fucka!!!!
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I mean, in a Karate Kid type movie, what's going to be more badass than getting trained by Jet Li and Jacky Chan? All other KK type movies will pale in comparison...
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That's it, I'm going to hollywood and laying waste to the whole film industry.
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Enough with the fucking remakes already!
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there is going to be a black president. we don't owe them anything anymore, so you don't have to make The Karate Kid black now. that is all.
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get machio to do it again
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What's next? Bernie Mac as Mr. Miyagi? Oh, wait...
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This is the equivalent of Gary Busey producing a remake of "The Godfather" with his half-talented son-actor wedged in as Michael Corleone.
The original Karate Kid is an American Classic: John Alvidsen at the peak of his form, Pat Morita's Oscar-nominated turn, authentic performance from Macchio, the legendary 80s jerk Bill Zabka, Elizabeth Shue, great script. They caught lightning in a bottle and made a film for the ages.
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...we're complaining about a Karate Kid reboot? WHO CARES!!!
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Nov 11, 2008 8:19:54 PM CST
Why are you dragging race and politics into a kid's movie?
by mavra chang
You want to talk politics and race relations? Look at this: http://www.mymavra.com/amazingrallypic.htm Sometimes kids are more mature than adults.
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The single most disgusting celebrity excess visible in Hollywood right now is stars throwing their fucking kids into movies. Ever since Robert "Spy Kids" Rodriguez had his moron son write the concept for "Shark Boy and Lava Girl" The standard for hubristic nepotism has been irrevocably lowered.
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Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!
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If not, BILLY ZABKA as KREESE, please.
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kihugiyf
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kihugiyf
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kihugiyf
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...time to thin out som'a'dat impacted feces, eh Ralph?
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What bullshit. It was bad enough with Swank...now a Smith kid. Myagi is rolling over in his grave right now. Macchio needs to come out of retirement to whoop some Hollywood ass. What's next...a Friday the 13th remake??? Oh...
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No one can produce such crap that Hollyweird is excreting unless it's trying to die.
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That's next. Shia!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!
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Nov 11, 2008 10:10:32 PM CST
This is gonna be the Ninja Turtles except without the the Turtle
by damien chowder
and Shredder and Splinter, April O'neil and all the fighting.
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Nov 11, 2008 10:11:58 PM CST
Tom Cruise as Karate Kid cos he gets younger every year.
by damien chowder
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Nov 11, 2008 10:17:52 PM CST
Celebs often read AICN for a bit of a self esteem building.
by damien chowder
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"Get'em a body bag, Johnny! Yeeeaaaaaahhhh!"
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But I shouldn't be surprised. This is just the latest in Hollywood's re-make/re-launch trend, that is still focused on mining the 80's for material.
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Nov 11, 2008 10:25:25 PM CST
but will Jaden get kicked out of soccer to a Bananarama song???
by finky089
cruel summer, indeed!
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then get his ass kicked by Cobra Kai's dressed like skeletons?
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Nov 11, 2008 10:27:59 PM CST
but will Mama Laruso still need Jaden to push-start the station
by finky089
When she says "pop it" pop the clutch!
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That Miyagi is a sly one
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Let's just make the whole thing one big travesty.
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Ha ha ha ha.
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In one room is a group of intellectual adults, holding informed and witty discussions about a wide range of topics, while drinking vintage red wine, eating prime fillet steaks and listening to Mozart.In the other room, a party for the local special needs school is in full swing. They're mainly eating chocolate and cake, smearing it all over themselves as they do so - at least when they're not throwing it at each other. All conversation is by way of screaming and yelling and topics include such timeless discussions as "You're a poopy-head! No you're a poopy-head!!"This film is from the second room.Hollywood will continue to churn out shit. Anyone with any sense of taste will continue not to watch it. This is the law of the jungle.Leave the children to their food fight and rejoice in the high number of quality films due out soon. Avatar alone makes up for about a dozen of these stupid movies, but my excitement glands are most stoked right now by the thought of a Sam Mendes-directed "Preacher". Maybe someone from the second room might even get to play Arseface. Method acting, of course. Now where's my shotgun?
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Hollywood movies will get remade every two decades wether you like it or not. Just stick to your favorite version and shut the fuck up :)
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The idea of his kid bombing is delicious. Maybe we will all reject him the way we reject Colin Farrell.
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Ridley Scott is signed on to direct.
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...Awww Helll NAAWWWW!
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Okay Jaden, it can be your Christmas present. Come on, Really?
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A very good analogy on Hollywood.
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LIke I said the movie is aimed at kids and you need to get over it! I could care less if Blade was redone with a white in the lead. Hell did ya' see part 3? It already happened! And your childish reaction shows you are a biggot and not worth the energy.
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just sit down and be quiet
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and it wasn't the truck load of cash that said, "Hey wait, this a great idea with a great script".
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tom cruise does it...brad pitt did it with troy...
actors destroy movie properties due to arrogance.
i hope all of you blasted brad pitt for TOTALLY destroying the awesome helen of troy myth. that is worse in my eyes. lol@achiles lasting to the end of the movie, because pitt played achiles...
for all the purest...the ralph's karate kid wasn't even true to the origin...they made it about a teenager, to make more money...am i happy they are remaking it? no...but it's no worse than karate kid 3.
will is in it to make money...period. he is savvy and building an empire.
people on this board just want to see the black actor playing the bug eyed comic relief sidekick to some blond hair blue eyed hero. the same ones that want to cast that muscle head from lost in every role.
hence the jocking of sam jackson and morgan freeman...they are fine as long as they play second fiddle to some white dude.
do you know how many times a white actor has played character written originally as minority role? a hell of a lot more times than minorities have been been cast to replace a white actor.
i love 80's action movies as much as the next guy...
you slurp and pine for the terrible acting of stallone and arnold, but bash will smith...if this was christian bale remaking the karate kid...you guys would be doing back flips....talking about..."i hope bale casts himself as daniel-san and ken watanabe as mr. myagi...oh and i hope he wears a cowl and makes cobra kai an evil ninja cult."...will isn't the greatest actor in the world, but he is solid and steadily improving. will's kid has been in 2 big budget movies...one of which will had NOTHING to do with...
it crushes you, because the most bankable movie star in hollywood is a black man.
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NO SENSEI!!!
PAIN DOES NOT EXIST IN THIS DOJO, DOES IT?1?!
NO SENSEI!!!
DEFEAT DOES NOT EXIST IN THIS DOJO DOES IT?!?!
NO SENSEI!!!!
Sorry, only A-1 badass Martin Kove can make that work. -
CFE stands for Creativity For Entertainment.
And this is something that has been waning in recent years. Seems most of the projects coming out of mainstream American entertainment has to be remade from an earlier (and usually SUPERIOR) work. It has been frankly disturbing how prevalent this trend is today in movies and television...moreso the former, of course.
Why do they do it? Lack of original ideas? Appeal to the adults who grew up with the originals? Saving money? The (inaccurate) belief that things always need to be reimagined to appeal to younger audiences who hate anything "old"?
Whatever the reason, a stand needs to be made. And hopefully it will begin NOW. I propose that if you believe what I believe, to join this petition to get a couple of standards established:
1) Remaking older movies or using "hipped"-up versions of classic television shows should be looked upon as a form of PLAGIARISM. Someone does a movie, it's DONE. THAT'S IT.
2) There should be a time limit on making sequels; i.e. you can only do one within a to-be-determined amount of time.
3) Exceptions can be made for a character or franchise that lends itself to multiple continuities. (mostly applies to comic book characters, cartoon characters with more than one continuity, etc. However, it must be agreed to have source material available to follow AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE, and/or a source that has worked extensively with the source material.)
Email me at jmfabianorpl@aol.com if you want to join the movement. -
Well said, sir, well said. Plus don't you get the impression that he's a spoilt little shite?
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He's currently the moppet in The Day The Earth Stood still, and now this?And at only 10, will this be The Karate Kid, the pop-up version?
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revenge based ass kicking. And 10 year olds should not be involved in revenge based ass kickings! Leave that to the teenagers...
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She is in everything...
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and I'd be onboard like a motherfucker
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